On Tuesday, GOP state Rep. David Moore introduced a draconian bill in the state legislature that would amend the state’s indecent exposure laws in a way that would turn Montana into a puritanical society that the Ayatollah of Iran would be proud of.

HB 365 makes it illegal for a person to knowingly expose,
any device, costume, or covering that gives the appearance of or simulates the genitals, pubic hair, anus region, or pubic hair region or exposes any device worn as a cover over the nipple or areola of the female breast that simulates and gives the realistic appearance of a nipple or areola while in a public place or visible from a public place without taking reasonable precautions to prevent exposure, and disregards whether a reasonable person would be offended or alarmed by the act.

In short, even wearing yoga pants in public would be outlawed. How do we know this? Because Moore specifically said so.

“Yoga pants should be illegal in public anyway,” he said according to the Billings Gazette after a committee hearing. Retired professor Walt Hill, who co-wrote the legislation, also made a statement.

“I want Montana to be known as a decent state where people can live within the security of laws and protect their children and associates from degrading and indecent practices. I believe this bill is written preserving that reputation.”

Am I the only one that thinks that people should be even angrier with him if he actually was joking? It would mean he spent hours writing a bill then wasted valuable time and taxpayer money putting it to vote for his own amusement with no thought to consequence if nobody got the "joke" and let it through.

When covering your ass try to think of lies that don't make you look like even more of a tool.

Tommy Wiseau claimed that The Room was a comedy after it got panned; it's easy to claim that your ideas are supposed to be humourous after you've put your ideas into the public sphere. Also, I second @Passerby's thought.

What is so horrendously scary about the human body? My siblings and I took showers together when we were small, so we all knew how a body looked, whether it was male or female. Let's face it; they're not that different, really. There are men with breast muscles that are similar to breasts, and there are women with large clitorises that are similar to a small penis, and (almost) everyone has nipples. You do know that when a woman is cold, her nipples can become hard, right? No reasonable person would be offended or alarmed by the act of freezing in public, surely...?

So, no swimming trunks or suits at the beach any more? We should go back to bathing costumes like these:

This is so poorly worded I can't understand what he's talking about. What "simulates the genitals, pubic hair, anus region, or pubic hair region" besides a theatrical prosthetic? Would a woman wearing a prosthetic after a mastectomy be jailed if it were somehow detectable?

Tight clothing, such as yoga pants, does not "give the appearance of or simulate" any naughty bits, with the exception of a few novelty t-shirts.